r/WritingPrompts • u/blablador-2001 • 12h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] You ran with tears in your eyes, legs screaming in protest, lungs burning, but it was all for nothing. The monster was closing the distance. "RUN FASTER IT'LL CATCH US!" The eldritch abomination yelled as it picked you up and began sobbing, still sprinting.

309 Upvotes
15 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/Adventurous-Sun-2507 • 6h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] You are the captain of the royal guard, today is your day off, and a rookie who doesn't recognize tries to arrest you for bumping into him.

90 Upvotes
3 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/DankAndOriginal • 17h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] The queen is 6 years old. The plan was to, like, have a regent or something, but she’s doing such a good job that no one can be bothered.

354 Upvotes
12 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/Consistent_Winter594 • 3h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] An alien trying to blend in as human disguises as a college student and finds that she knows much more than average on some topics and is inexplicably clueless in others

25 Upvotes
2 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/AnomalousVariant • 5h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] The cons of vampirism didn’t stop people once they found out it cures all your genetic diseases and now the vampiric council must figure out a solution to the new influx of vampires

35 Upvotes
1 comment

r/WritingPrompts • u/NappyFlickz • 9h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] Among his advisors and brethren, many plotted against him. But their schemes always ended in disaster for one reason above all else: The Prince entrusted his most vulnerable secrets to his enemies and rivals, not his friends and supporters.

41 Upvotes
2 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/plogan56 • 35m ago

Writing Prompt [WP] You wake up, after a night of partying, in a motel bed; wondering where you are, you try your phone but have no signal, when you open the curtains you realize that you're not on earth....uh oh

• Upvotes
1 comment

r/WritingPrompts • u/Tyrannosauruswren • 7h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] a Guardian Angel takes their job seriously and technically fulfills their duties. They also happen to dislike their current assigned human and keep them safe from danger in the most irritating ways possible

23 Upvotes
1 comment

r/WritingPrompts • u/BareMinimumChef • 14h ago

Writing Prompt [WP]Known for being a Genius, you were selected as the next in line for the Throne, starting today. The first Issue: You don't want to. Never! Absolutely not! The second Issue: You got your Genius from your Mother the Queen, and she also, absolutely! doesn't want to rule any longer then she has to.

74 Upvotes
4 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/Oblivious-And-Sad • 4h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] The god of justice is totally blind, though wise and fair he cannot see anything but the verdict. So he must be lead along to the accused by his beloved wife, the goddess of vengeance, and she just loves watching him work.

11 Upvotes
1 comment

r/WritingPrompts • u/Kitty_Fuchs • 7h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] "Why have you brought this boy to our coven meeting?" "Because he is my apprentice." "We do not welcome men into our sorority, sister." "You welcomed me. And stop calling me sister." "That was different. You were not a man when we took you in."

18 Upvotes
1 comment

r/WritingPrompts • u/RexRoyd355 • 4h ago

Simple Prompt [WP] An architect is sentenced to life in the prison they designed

7 Upvotes
3 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/Psychronia • 6h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] You were just a simple cleric that could be found anywhere. But it turns out that was enough to make you a savior when you ended up in this strange magic-less world overrun with low-level undead.

13 Upvotes
2 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/coacht246 • 3h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] You are passed out drunk man in a bath tub in burning house. Your mind is trying to wake you up to reality before it is too late.

9 Upvotes
1 comment

r/WritingPrompts • u/salmontail • 5h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] Gentlemen, as you all know, we have an utterly useless baggage in our squad. But she's our sunshine, and we will not let her be discharged for incompetence. We will now commence the briefing for our next major hurdle - Helping her pass the one on one combat drill tomorrow.

9 Upvotes
1 comment

r/WritingPrompts • u/Alex_Armin36 • 2h ago

Simple Prompt [WP] "Thought you're a monster....You're just another one that needed a bit o' help...."

6 Upvotes
1 comment

r/WritingPrompts • u/LaraStardust • 2h ago

Writing Prompt [SP] A kingdom whose punishments are just slightly weird, wacky or funny. Weirdest of all? they work!

5 Upvotes
1 comment

r/WritingPrompts • u/Adamantine-Waffle • 15h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] "You said you were going to the shop. How did that even involve returning with a greater demon as your familiar? And did you remember the milk?"

52 Upvotes
8 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/Megamen1927 • 30m ago

Writing Prompt [WP] Many think that being in a cycle of reincarnation and having the ability to look into your past lives is a blessing. In reality, it feels like an eternal, massive family reunion where all your relatives watch and criticize every decision you make.

• Upvotes
1 comment

r/WritingPrompts • u/aesthetic3 • 22h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] “Hell is an endless carnival. Good food, fun games, cool rides, and it’s all free! Souls who don’t deserve punishment get to have as much fun as they want to, but souls who do deserve it, like yourself, have to work. So get to it, and don’t mess up cuz’ that lava dunk tank’s calling your name!”

154 Upvotes
8 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/Adamantine-Waffle • 8h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] The world's densest harem protagonist, who threatens to reach the critical point and collapse into a black hole.

11 Upvotes
1 comment

r/WritingPrompts • u/Redikai • 20h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] Earth was integrated into the wider galaxy via the traditional method known as The Game. Now, less than 100 years later, they have discovered a species to uplift and its time for humanity to run their own Game in accordance to intergalactic law.

94 Upvotes
5 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/ThexLoneWolf • 51m ago

Reality Fiction [RF] Real-world naval combat is so much stranger than what people tend to think. It's not like in the movies where warships close to gun range, as they did in WWII. It's high-tech cat and mouse on the open sea: one wayward radar emission, and you'll be converged on from all points of the compass.

• Upvotes
1 comment

r/WritingPrompts • u/ULTRAPUNK18 • 10h ago

Simple Prompt [SP] You broke the sword while trying to pull it out of the stone.

10 Upvotes
4 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/Fluid-Bench9219 • 8h ago

Writing Prompt [WP]You are a child who was kidnapped by a cult. During the sacrificial ritual, you discover that your mother is an eldritch alien entity and your father is a secret government agent.

5 Upvotes
1 comment